MIT’s Technology Review Blog has a wonderful post arguing for the developement of interactive plug & play medical devices that can communicate, collaberate and assess patient status.
Julian Goldman, director of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology’s Medical Device Interoperability Program, presents two examples of how interactive medical devices can increase patient safety.

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Register for the CE-IT Town Hall Meeting Webcast taking place July 15th, 2008 at 1pm EST.
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Happy 4th of July to all!
Heres hoping you dont get paged/called in for an emergency repair!
Especially if its only ’cause some nurse didn’t check to make sure the unit was plugged in before calling you frantically!
Have a great weekend!

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A number of years ago Tom Citak saw a need that needed filling and decided to fill it by starting the TC Biomedical Company.
TC Biomedical specializes in the development and production of Biomed Patches and Apparel.
 
Tom’s career began as a biomedical equipment technician 25 years ago. He worked as a bench technician for 16 years [...]

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I would like to thank Pat Lynch of GMI for the AAMI pictures below. According to Pat this was one of the best AAMI Conventions he has attended (I don’t know how many that is… but, I’m sure an active Biomed like Pat has been to plenty). This years’ convention featured many new products, companies and people.
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Sorry about the lack of posts the last couple of days…. Its been kinda crazy!
I promise to make it up to all of you!

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The Wisconsin Technology Network in an article by Michael Rosen offers an interesting analysis as to the growth rate of Medical Devices versus the growth of the Pharmacutical Industry.
Although I prefer the Medgadget analysis: “In short, it’s because biomedical engineers are cooler than biochemists.” 
Here is Mr. Rosen’s analysis:
“Fast track for medical devicesToshiba Medical Systems, Hitachi [...]

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Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference 2008 will be held Tuesday, April 22nd – April 24th, 2008 at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel Two in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Conference will cover many topics key to Healthcare IT and Connectivity. For a detailed agenda and sessions go here http://blogs.msdn.com/hlsdpe/pages/HLSDevCon2008Tracks.aspx
KEYNOTES

Microsoft: Improving Health Around The [...]

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Chinese Medical Equipment Manufacturer Mindray Medical ( (MR: 38.89 +0.50 +1.30%, vol: 472,980, 52wk: 24.97 - 45.19) ) announced yesterday that it will acquire Datascope’s ( (DSCP: 48.29 +0.48 +1.00%, vol: 100,217, 52wk: 31.45 - 48.99) ) Patient Monitoring business for $202 million. The deal is expected to close during the second day quarter of 2008.
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Seems people have been getting an error message when trying to post comments on the blog.
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